Coronavirus (COVID-19) care home outbreaks - root cause analysis: progress report November 2020 to September 2022

10. Relationships

The RCA report suggested that all parties should take active steps to build strong relationships with care homes - example NHS, local authority, Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) - to enable robust responses to COVID- 19 outbreaks. The report noted that where local networks were strong prior to the pandemic, this provided a positive platform which could be built upon to provide support and solve problems. Other than acknowledging the importance of continuing to develop these relationships across the system. No specific recommendations were made.